Queen Mab

I thought this image was so beautiful and a great crafting inspiration to share! "Queen Mab" is a fairy with butterfly wings who brings dreams to people in Edgar, M. G.: “A Treasury of Verse for Little Children” (1923)

out of copyright (called public domain in the USA),
hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity

Skinner Studio: How To Embed Paper in Resin - Part One

Skinner Studio: How To Embed Paper in Resin - Part One: "When I first started working with resin, I scoured the internet for how-to information. There are some nice books on the subject, though it..."

Thank You! I really needed to read this!

For the Love of Rainbow Sharpies

Doodling with my new markers :)

Oh NOW I've got it..

It occurred to me after make our latest batch of shrinkies that I'm making my layered pendant idea much more complicated than it needs to be. I came up with the idea to use shrinkies in resin because it most directly mimics the layered painting I did using sheets of plexi.

Now after trying the shrink plastic in resin and failing I have realized the images really don't need to be on plastic to get depth. The resin hardened between layers of paper will do the same thing! Soo obvious *sigh*

Anyway I plan to try a few pendants with just paper and resin this week. Wish me luck!

Shrinking Again

So I thought I'd give the shrinkies another go and my girls got to make some too. We used a fancy corner punch on some of them; it turned out great and was a lot of fun! I haven't decided if I'll try putting them in resin again or not. I think I'll leave that for tomorrow to think about.

2 Layered Owl and Tree

2 Layered Fish and Flourish

My 6 year olds

My 4 year olds

And one from each of them

Monday Moments

Right now take a moment.
No matter where you are or what you are doing just take the moment.
Take the moment and just breathe and smile.